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Author: afterect

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Read more about the article Videotaped deposition of Robin Nicol- Atze Akkerman and Elizabeth Akkerman vs. Mecta Corporation, 2004
ECT / ECT Litigation

Videotaped deposition of Robin Nicol- Atze Akkerman and Elizabeth Akkerman vs. Mecta Corporation, 2004

Deposition of Robin Nicol, the Owner of Mecta, one of two US ECT device manufacturers.

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March 3, 2023
Read more about the article A Call for an independent review into the practice of ECT (electroconvulsive therapy)
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A Call for an independent review into the practice of ECT (electroconvulsive therapy)

A letter to the Patient Safety Comminsioner on behalf UK ECT Improving Standards Group.

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February 27, 2023
Read more about the article You might be in a medical experiment and not even know it
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You might be in a medical experiment and not even know it

"The tenets of the Nuremberg Code were not meant only for Nazis. If Nazis presented the only danger to people being used for medical experiments, eliminating the Nazis would have solved our problems. The Nuremberg Code was written to guide all of us, because good intentions are not enough."

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January 9, 2023
Read more about the article How to Give ECT – Royal College of Psychiartry Instruction Sheet, 1982
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How to Give ECT – Royal College of Psychiartry Instruction Sheet, 1982

Ahistorical ECT instruction sheet from the Royal College of Psychiatry, 1982.

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December 28, 2022
Read more about the article Electroconvulsive treatment: hypotheses about mechanisms of action
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Electroconvulsive treatment: hypotheses about mechanisms of action

Researchers haven't been able to agree on how electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) works, but there are two features that may help us understand the mechanisms involved.

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December 23, 2022
Read more about the article Serotonin syndrome after electroconvulsive therapy for refractory depression
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Serotonin syndrome after electroconvulsive therapy for refractory depression

A case report of a woman who experienced seratonin syndrome following ECT.

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November 25, 2022
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